Scoreboard OCR · Live broadcast

The scoreboard speaks. Your graphics listen.

UniversoOCR watches the venue scoreboard through a camera or NDI feed and streams the clock, score and shot clock into OBS, vMix or any graphics system — in real time.

Free 30-day trial · no card required · Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
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01 — The problem
Hand-typed scores are always one beat behind the game.

Somebody watches the board, shouts the score down a headset, somebody else types it into the graphics. Every basket, every timeout, every final minute — a chance to fall behind or get it wrong on air.

UniversoOCR removes the relay entirely. The camera already sees the scoreboard; the software reads it like a machine — every 100 milliseconds, all game long — and your graphics update themselves.

  • Clock, score, shot clock read automatically
  • Operator typing errors eliminated
  • Graphics delay effectively zero
02 — The toolkit

Built for the venue, not the lab.

Real scoreboards flicker, glare and switch formats mid-game. UniversoOCR is engineered for exactly that.

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Teach mode

Train it on YOUR scoreboard's digits in one minute — then it reads them with near-perfect accuracy, every game.

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Real scoreboard engines

Seven-segment, LED and dot-matrix displays. Multiple OCR engines with a purpose-built cleanup pipeline.

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Smart clock formats

Automatically follows boards that switch to tenths of a second in the final minute — game clock and shot clock.

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Freeze & tune

Freeze the frame while the game runs to calibrate fields, thresholds and teach samples without pressure.

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Every output you need

OBS WebSocket, vMix API, HTTP/WebSocket server and JSON/XML files — plug into any graphics workflow.

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Works offline

Everything runs on your machine at the venue. No cloud dependency during the broadcast.

Not just digits — letters and colours too.
Digits Letters & text Colour indicators

Beyond the clock and score, UniversoOCR reads printed text (team names, period labels, player numbers) and even detects indicator colours — possession arrows, bonus lamps, penalty and red/green lights — and sends them to your graphics like any other field.

03 — On the night

Numbers that hold up under the arena lights.

Engineered around one job: keeping your graphics honest for the full sixty minutes.

100 msRead cycle
10 minSetup to on-air
3Computers per licence
0Cloud dependency live

It watches the board all night, so nobody has to.

04 — The process

Live in three steps.

From unpacking to on-air data in under ten minutes.

Point a camera

Aim any camera, capture card or NDI source at the scoreboard.

Draw the fields

Drag boxes over the clock and scores, teach it the digits.

Go live

Values stream to your graphics in real time, all game long.

FULL WALKTHROUGH → READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
05 — The licence

One licence. Every game.

One plan, everything included.

Subscription
15 EUR / month per seat
  • All features and updates
  • Use on up to 3 computers
  • Instant access after payment
New customer? Your account is created instantly after payment. Renewing? Pay with the SAME email as before.

Never type a score again.

Thirty days free. Your scoreboard, your camera, your graphics — connected tonight.

Free 30-day trial · no card required · Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
06 — Support

Setup questions, licensing, or anything else — email us, or join the Discord to chat with us and other operators. A screenshot of your scoreboard and the app's OCR view helps us help you faster.

We usually reply within one business day.